Introduction

CEA is the French Atomic Energy Commission (Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives). It is a public body established in October 1945. The CEA is active in three main fields: Energy, information and health technologies, defence and national security. In each of these fields, the CEA maintains a cross-disciplinary culture of engineers and researchers, building on the synergies between fundamental and technological research. CEA has a workforce of around 15,000 employees.

Within the CEA Technological Research Division, institutes lead research in order to increase the industrial competitiveness through technological innovation and transfers. Two institutes, CEA-LETI and CEA-LIST, within CEA Technological Research Division will contribute to EuroCPS. CEA-LETI & CEA-LIST gather more than 2000 people focusing on many different applied research domains like RF, digital and SoC design for image processing, design environment and embedded software, or wireless communication measurement, test and design, including antennas. Researchers perform work for both internal clients and outside customers. Specifically, the embedded systems research covers architecture and design of systems, methods and facilities for software and system dependability, and intelligent vision systems.

With the strong project-centred culture of its researchers, engineers and technicians, CEA-LETI & CEA-LIST are able to perform research work in partnership with the major industrial players in the nuclear, automotive, aeronautical, defence and medical fields and thus investigate and develop innovative solutions corresponding to their requirements. CEA teams have worked as partners with numerous university laboratories, engineering schools and other research establishments on collaborative research projects.